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From: chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AB20 archive changes
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.100045.385@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 4 Apr 91 22:00:45 GMT
References: <1991Apr1.122542.47214@cc.usu.edu> <14033@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <1991Apr3.070346.3315@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
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In article <1991Apr3.070346.3315@evax.arl.utexas.edu>, hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) writes:
> 
>   Here is an idea --- How about a recent uploads list? Keep a list of
> new files uploaded for 7 days. Then archive the file lists in a
> directory. Simple direct and HIGHLY USEFUL. 
> 
>   This would also keep down BITFTP people grabbing the whole FILES.Z
> for new files as often.

How about an even better idea - since ab20 is more or less the main 
Amiga archive site, how about a weekly posting in comp.sys.amiga.announce
of 'recent additions to the archive' (just like is done for wsmr-simtel20
in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d). This would avoid a lot of needless ftp'ing
just to see what's new (plus the posted listing could include
brief descriptions). Sure would make life easier (plus it'd cut down
on my ftp bill:-)

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| o  John Davis - CHEM194@canterbury.ac.nz               o |
| o  (Depart)mental Programmer,Chemistry Department      o |
| o  University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand o |